About the pandemic - 1

    Up until around a year and a half ago pandemic was just another word seldomly used with little to no relevance in relation to what we knew life was like. We had all Heard about various diseases and outbreaks that had ravaged various parts of the World but for most of us these all seemed far away stories, after-thoughts of reading articles about biohazardous disasters which perhaps left us with a weird feeling of apprehension that lingered in the back of our minds for a while but nothing more. We would come across this word,perhaps spare it a thought,then move on with our lives resuming everything with no difficulty. However,in what some of us might Call the longest year of our lives,things have taken a turn for quite literally the worst , changing what we thought was normal and forcing us to wake up to a world of dramatic news and A seemingly never ending threat looming above our heads,an unseen and silent monster lurking in the shadows ready to strike when we least expect it without any mercy leading us through A dark tunnel at the end of which we seem unable to find the light, we may have learned more about ourselves and each other then we could have in a decade’s worth of peaceful normal years. Just like with most dramatic and Horrifying events in history we have been forced to come to terms with truths we may have been ignoring about our own souls or about the society we live in and have been taught that indeed the only way forward is through. Now,more than a year later we could consider ourselves different people from who we were last year or even at the beginning of the pandemic and, dare I say, better ones as well.
    Personally I can safely say that the person I am today would not even get along well with who I was at the beginning of the pandemic. As dramatic as that may sound I can assure you all it is not even an exaggeration for I have subconsciously changed on more levels than just physical during this time. For the first few months at least,when everyone was scared and the future was really more uncertain than ever,I had the time to look at myself from all the angles I could and evolve into who I am today. Although my style has changed tremendously so has my mindset. If last year I was rather uninterested in looking at my future like at a path that I needed to forge myself,choosing to only live for tomorrow and focus on the tasks at hand, I’ve since learned that life is about more than just surviving every day and that if you don’t have at least an idea of where you’re headed you may never reach the right destination at all. So during the Lockdown I took the time to change both my appearance And overall style and my way of looking at life and the way I thought about my opportunities to make the utmost best of my time on this earth.
    The quarantine has definitely been a time of change on a global level as Well,as people all over the world have seemingly decided to put a stop to various injustices that had been going on for way too long.Protests and riots have shone a light on heart wrenching issues that had been ignored before and brought about a sense of unity that made those that had previously been victimized feel seen and appreciated by those who could use their voices.
    I have witnessed people change their mindsets and realise that even things that they had previously considered harmless were actually offensive or hurtful and take the time to better themselves.I might be wrong but I don’t think that all of these improvements would have taken place if we hadn’t had the time to take a good,harsh look at ourselves and understand what we had to fix.It seems unfair to credit a situation as horrible as this for even the slightest improvement in society but if there is anything we have taken away from this nightmare it is that we should choose to see the bright side whenever we can.
    While I absolutely understand why anyone would be unable to consider any part of the last year as positive,I would go as far as to say that,for all of the losses that we have suffered lately,we have also won some new qualities , most definitely as a result of the pain we have endured.Though we never should have had to learn from an experience as horrifying as this,I think we have become both stronger and more United,even wiser.For the most part,we have learned to work together and have understood that there is true strength in unity.I have faith that,moving forward,we will be able to deal with any unexpected hardships much better than before and overcome anything that the Universe throws at us,because each of these terrible events only makes us stronger and more United as human beings,as that is what we truly are,before any other category we might fall in. This nightmare may be far from over but by the looks of it we are undoubtedly on the right path and although our lessons are not finished yet we have proven ourselves fast learners, worthy of seeing the sun after being locked in the darkness for so long.